Sunday, December 6th, 2009
This photo of sunbathing sea lions was taken at Pier 39 in San Francisco last year when hubby and I attended the Romance Writers of America conference.
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Archive for 'San Francisco'
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
San Francisco would have to be one of my favorite cities to visit. I’m running a bit short of time today so I thought I’d post a few photos from our recent trip. I think I like San Francisco so much because of its situation on the sea. The hills are killers to walk up and down. Believe me, I know because Mr. Munro made me walk up and down several!
The Golden Gate Bridge is an icon and known worldwide. During the summer months it’s also often shrouded in fog.
Pier 39 is a fun place to wander. Lots of great ways to empty the wallet here! This is a shot of the merry-go-round. A shot of the resident sealions follows. You can smell them before you see them.
Coit Tower is another icon. It’s fun to climb to the top and see the views of the city.
This is a shot of Lombard Street. This end of Lombard Street is known as the crookedest street. It’s also very steep. There are traffic jams here as tourists queue to drive down the crooked street and grab a photo or two.
Alcatraz Island is known worldwide. A trip out to the island jail is fascinating, although you need to book well ahead. This is a very popular trip.
Cops on the beat.
Here’s a statue of The Thinker. It’s at the Legion of Honor, a fine-art museum.
Have you visited San Francisco? If so, what’s your favorite place to visit in the city? If not, which place or thing in the city would you most like to see in person?
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Busy and full-on. That describes the last couple of days at conference. On Wednesday night I attended the Literacy signing. I went hunting for books for my sister and came face-to-face with so many authors I’ve only met online. Imagine the noise and confusion—five hundred authors plus a host of excited readers, all in the same room. Ye. It was bedlam!
On Thursday it was the Passionate Ink party plus the Romance Divas dinner. I won a raffle at the PI party. I have SO many books I’m not sure where I’m going to put them all. You have no idea how addictive the lure of free books is to a bookworm!
Today was the start of the editor/agent appointments and more free books. I did pitches during the morning and managed to stutter my way through. The lines for the Berkley signing were really long but well worth it. I bumped into Jennifer Y while waiting in line. Check out Jennifer’s blog. She hosts guest authors and does giveaways on a regular basis. It was great to meet her.
I attended the Pocket Book Spotlight and was delighted to see the Pocket editors had a copy of Midnight Treat. I won another raffle and went up to choose my book. I shrieked when I saw Midnight Treat. Quite possibly the sound is still ringing in the editor’s ears.
I went to dinner with hubby tonight at John’s Grill. We dined on delicious seafood. It was a welcome change for me since I seem to have lived on pasta all week.
This is a photo of Ellora’s Cave authors:
Wylie Kinson, Christine d’Abo, Karen Erickson, Amy Ruttan, Shelley Munro.
